Religious state - Church was a powerful force & owned about 1/5 of the land in England - used for advice, administration (monks were often literate) and propaganda

Sheriffs upheld the law and presided over the moots (shire courts) and had rights of purveyance (supply food supplies to the monarch) - one for every 32 shires

Thegns supllied armed service, maintenance

Finance

60 mints nationwide - every five years all coins were to be handed in and exchanged

Enabled Anglo-Saxon government to raise large amounts of money however much lost buying off danes in 1012 and '18 - 'Danegald' - 2/3 of issued coinage

Organisation of society

Workers, fighters and prayers with exceptions of merchants and craftsmen. Majority of country peasants (10% urbanisation)

Peasant life heirarchy consisted of; thegn (held estate by right of charter), geneat (bailiff/riding-servant who served thegn), cottar (worked for Lord and held five acres of own land), gebur/boor (main worker on the land - 2/3 days work a week for lord)